How can I turn my Rails app into a plugin?

Question

I am currently developing a cms and want to reuse the functionality in other projects.

Answer 1

Check out Rails Engines.

Its awesome to share code between your applications. you can sort of make your application into a plugin itself

Try this railscast as well, Ryan bates explains it nicely

http://railscasts.com/episodes/149-rails-engines

Answer 2

Since you asked about building a CMS in Rails I suggest you reading these links below

The Ruby on Rails CMS Dilemma